Asha-Rose Migiro

Infobox Officeholder
name =Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro
nationality =Tanzanian
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caption =
order =3rd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
term_start =February 5, 2007
term_end =
predecessor =Mark Malloch Brown
successor =
birth_date =Birth date and age|1956|7|9|mf=y
birth_place =Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania
party =Chama Cha Mapinduzi
spouse =Cleophas Migiro
profession =Lawyer and politician
order2 =Foreign Minister of Tanzania
term_start2 =January 4, 2006
term_end2 =January 11, 2007
predecessor2 =Jakaya Kikwete
successor2 =Bernard Membe

Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro (born July 9, 1956 in Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania) is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On January 5, 2007, she was named as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.cite news |author= Associated Press authors| title= Tanzania's Migiro is U.N. deputy| url= http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/05/un.deputy.ap/index.html |work=www.cnn.com |publisher= CNN|date= 2007-01-05 |accessdate= 2007-01-06] She was formally appointed and assumed office on February 1. [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200702/06/eng20070206_347851.html "New UN Deputy Secretary-General takes oath of office"] , Xinhua ("People's Daily Online"), February 6, 2007.] She is married to Cleophas Migiro, and the couple has two daughters.cite news |title= Migiro deputy UN boss|url= http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/01/06/81764.html |work= The Guardian|publisher= IPPMedia Ltd|date=2007-01-06|accessdate=2007-01-13 ] She is the third Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Education

Migiro commenced her education at Mnazi Mmoja Primary School in 1963. She later moved on to Korogwe Primary School, Weruweru Secondary School, and, finally, Korogwe Secondary School, where she graduated high school in 1975.cite web |url= http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/Mp_Cv3.asp?PTerm=2005-2010&fpkey=27 |title= Migiro , Dr. Asha-Rose M.|accessdate=2007-01-13 |work= www.parliament.go.tz|publisher=Parliament of Tanzania]

She obtained her LL.B and LL.M from the University of Dar es Salaam and her Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of Konstanz in Germany. Before entering politics, she was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).cite web| title = Tanzanian Foreign Minister named new UN Deputy Secretary-General | date = 5 January 2007 | url = http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21166&Cr=Deputy&Cr1=Secretary | publisher = UN News Centre] She headed the Department of Constitution and Administrative Law from 1992 to 1994 and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997.

Time in the Tanzanian government

Migiro served as a ward member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi from 1994 to 2000, and as a member of a Regional Executive Council from 2000 to 2005. From 2000 to 2006, she was the Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children's Affairs. She became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on January 4, 2006, when the previous foreign minister, Jakaya Kikwete, who had been elected president, appointed his new cabinet. She was the first woman in that position since the independence of the United Republic of Tanzania.cite news |first= Hassan|last= Muhiddin |title=JK’s beefed up team |url= http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/05/57238.html|work= The Guardian|publisher= IPPMedia Ltd|date= 2006-01-05|accessdate=2007-01-06]

While in the position of foreign minister, Migiro chaired the Council of Ministers' meetings of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation. She coordinated SADC assistance to the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC), Zambia and Madagascar. She also served as President of the United Nations Security Council during its open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.

Serving as foreign minister, Migiro accompanied the former president of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani, during a tour of his country's new consulate in Tanzania and inspected a Tanzanian hospital.cite news |first= Patrick|last= Kisembo |title= We’ll do business together, Comoros president promises |url= http://ipp.co.tz/ipp/guardian/2006/03/31/63252.html|work= The Guardian|publisher= IPPMedia Ltd|date= |accessdate=2007-01-12 ] According to United States officials, Condoleezza Rice, the American Secretary of State, is "personally acquainted" with her.cite news |first= Julia|last= Preston |title= Tanzanian Woman Is Chosen for U.N.’s 2nd Highest Post |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/world/06nations.html?ex=1168750800&en=38b4e1ae180dc2e0&ei=5070 |work= The New York Times |publisher= The New York Times Company|date= 2007-01-05|accessdate= 2007-01-13] Kikwete appointed Bernard Membe to succeed Migiro as foreign minister.cite news |title= Membe new Foreign minister|url= http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=5253 |work= TSN Daily News |publisher= TSN|date= 2007-01-12 |accessdate=2007-01-13 ]

United Nations appointment

Migiro was appointed to the post of United Nations Deputy Secretary-General by Ban Ki-moon, the new United Nations Secretary-General from South Korea, on January 5, 2007. According to Ban, "She is a highly respected leader who has championed the cause of developing countries over the years..." He also said that "Through her distinguished service in diverse areas, she has displayed outstanding management skills with wide experience and expertise in socio-economic affairs and development issues."cite news |title= Asha-Rose Migiro is new U.N. deputy secretary-general from Tanzania |url= http://www.myafricatoday.com/asha-rose-migiro-is-new-un-deputy-secretary-general-from-tanzania/695|work= www.myafricatoday.com|publisher= MyAfricaToday|date= 2006-01-06|accessdate=2007-01-13 ] According to The New York Times, this was a fulfillment of his promise to pick a woman from the developing world for the post of Deputy Secretary-General. The UN News Centre noted that Migiro and Ban had worked together while they were foreign ministers of their respective countries.

References

ee also

* Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.

External links

* [http://www.un.org/sg/deputysg.shtml UN Deputy Secretary-General]
* [http://unjobs.org/archive/8794031622920452406596137312104013616878708 Ban Ki-moon's full statement about Migiro's appointment]
*de icon [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=113075634 Literature by Migiro in the German National Library]
*zh icon [http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2007-01/07/content_5574074.htm 黑人女性首次成为联合国副秘書長]

Persondata
NAME=Migiro, Asha-Rose Mtengeti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Mtengeti, Asha-Rose
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Tanzanian politician and UN Deputy-Secretary General
DATE OF BIRTH=July 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH=Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=